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1st Edition

Psychodynamic Self Psychology in the Treatment of Anorexia and Bulimia

By Eytan Bachar, Analu Verbin Copyright 2021
    228 Pages
    by Routledge

    228 Pages
    by Routledge

    228 Pages
    by Routledge
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    This book presents an implementation of psychodynamic self psychology in the treatment of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, using a theoretical and therapeutic approach to examine the way that patients turn to food consumption or avoidance in order to supply needs they do not believe can be provided by human beings.

    The book starts with an overview of self psychology, presenting both the theory of self psychology and its specific application for the etiology and treatment of eating disorders. Featuring contributions from eating disorder professionals, the book then integrates this theory with 16 compelling case studies to explore how the eating-disordered patient is scared to take up space in a society that encourages precisely that.

    Professionals in the field of psychotherapy for eating disorders, as well as the entire community of psychotherapists, will benefit from the empirical capability of the theory to predict the development as well as remission from eating disorders.

    Preface

    Part A: The Theory, Application and Empirical Evidence

    1. Anorexia and Bulimia: Diagnosis and History of Treatment

      2. Eytan Bachar

    2. The Emergence of Self Psychology: Opportunities and Dilemmas in the Treatment of Anorexia and Bulimia

      3. Eytan Bachar

    3. Evidence Basis for Psychodynamic Self Psychology in Eating Disorders

      4. Eytan Bachar

    4. Transference, Countertransference and Treatment Management

      5. Eytan Bachar

      Part B: Case Studies

    5. I Wanted to Disappear

      6. Eytan Bachar

    6. Would Sheryl be Able to Take up Space?

      7. Michal Man

    7. The Therapist's Position Facing a Grandiose Self

      8. Michal Man

    8. "Living My Life"

      9. Asher Epstein & Dina Roth

    9. A Journey to the Inner Core

      10. Myrna Milun

    10. I Am Not Allowed to Be a Whole Person

      11. Varda Shavit-Ohayon

    11. Satiable Hunger

      12. Sara Haramati

    12. Searching for "Sweet Dreams" and the "Little Prince"

      13. Yael Steinberg

    13. Patients with Eating Disorders and Latent Idealization Needs

      14. Sara Haramati

    14. Absolute Autonomy

      15. Myrna Milun

    15. The Right to Exist

      16. Laura Canetti

    16. Beauty and the Beast

      17. Eytan Bachar

    17. The Right to Need and the Permission to Require

      18. Mira Dana

    18. When Someone Believes in Me, I Can Start to Believe in Myself

      19. Inbar Sharav-Ifargen

    19. I Don't Want to Make It to 20

              Analu Verbin

    References

    Index

    List of Contributors

    Biography

    Eytan Bachar, PhD, is Head Psychologist of Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel; Associate Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and former chairman of the Israeli Association of Eating Disorders.

    Analu Verbin, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist, working in a private practice in Tel Aviv, and a former member of the executive board of the Israeli Association of Eating Disorders.

    "In this clinically rich volume, Eytan Bachar and Analu Verbin present an understanding of eating disorders that makes excellent use of self psychological theory. It considers the enormous complexity of managing the treatment of these disorders and reflects the findings of research that demonstrates the effectiveness of psychodynamic self psychology to predict the development of and remission from anorexia and bulimia."

    Doris Brothers, PhD, co-founder, The Training and Research in Intersubjective Self Psychology Foundation and advisory board and council member, International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology (IAPSP)

    "Bachar and Analu make impressive use of classical self-psychology to understand and treat sufferers from anorexia and bulimia, substantially increasing the theoretical and clinical reach of the original form of this theory. The many clinical stories they provide make this perspective accessible for therapeutic use, and invite further reflections on an extremely challenging, and unfortunately not rare, clinical experiences. Their emphasis on experience-near responsiveness is a gift to therapists and to their suffering patients alike."

    Donna M. Orange, PhD, PsyD, Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, New York

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